Soil Health

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USDA appoints Colton Buckley as NRCS chief 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has appointed Colton Buckley as chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, succeeding Aubrey Bettencourt as head of the agency that oversees conservation programs and technical assistance for farmers, ranchers an... Read More



Iowa Big Sky. (Adobe Stock-#552688266 │ Bill Chizek)

Soil management and land valuation conference set for May 20

  • By Rabail Chandio │ Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
U.S. Reps. Glenn “GT" Thompson, R-PA, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, left, and Tracey Mann, R-KS, pose for photos in front of a patriotic backdrop May 2, after the Kansas Food & Agriculture Listening Session in a farm shop north of Gypsum, Kansas (Photo by Tim Unruh.)
In this 2019 file photo, flooding in crop fields leaves behind debris and submerged plants that may die or suffer yield damage. (Photo by Linda Geist)

When fields stay wet

New sprouted corn and tractor track on the field. (iStock-#1464694860 │ vovashevchuk)

Soil compaction: More than avoiding ruts

Tractor spray fertilizer on green field. (Photo: iStock - moiseXVII)
Roger McEowen (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)
Creekside Carbon co-founder Josh McClain (left) presents a check to Zan Tomlinson. (Photo by Ben Clark.)